Christine Felstead's Yoga for Runners. Keeping runners healthy and on the road. Pair yoga with running to get stronger, sharper and less injury-prone. - Runners World, May 2008
Christine Felstead’s Yoga for Runners™
Teacher Training Program

Interested in Becoming a Qualifed Yoga for Runners Instructor - A unique program designed specifically for the needs of the athletic body.

class photoThis exclusive training program is for those interested in instructing yoga in a targeted market niche:  sport performance athletes, runners, sports teams. The training allows participants to increase their revenue potential by offering this specialty program with its full range of workshop opportunities.  With both yoga and running at heightened popularity, combining the two creates a formidable program. Participants from Canada, US and Europe are now instructing Yoga for Runners classes after completing this training. 

The program contents are based on Christine’s accumulated experience as a runner, fitness instructor, yoga student and yoga instructor. The popularity of Christine’s workshops is based on her understanding of runners both on a physical and psychological level. The subtleties of teaching yoga to runners in a way that creates challenge, physical benefit and motivation are synthesized into this training program.  Christine is the leading authority on teaching yoga to runners and endurance athletes.Through her best-selling DVDs, Yoga for Runners: The Essentials and most recently launched Intermediate Level, her yoga method has benefited runners around the globe.  


Program Overview

The training program builds on the basics presented in the dvd: Christine Felstead’s Yoga for RunnersT: The Essentials. Additional elements focus on the strengthening and balancing effect of yoga poses, while detailing the fine points of teaching yoga to runners. The core of this yoga practice and training is based on using yoga to enhance physical performance and therapeutically for injury recovery and prevention.

Included in the training modules:

The correlations and benefits of yoga for runners
Examination of action of running and affects on the related muscles and joints
Beneficial yoga poses, muscles and joints affected, proper alignment of each pose,
modifications of each pose and the direct anatomical benefit of each pose
Hands on adjustments
Practice Teaching
Creating, marketing and promoting a local Yoga for Runners program

class photoThe full program is covered over 3 modules, each one including an intensive 2 days of instruction. Between modules, participants are expected to continue with self study in anatomy, personal yoga practice and student teaching. Recommended guidelines for self study will be provided.





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"You clearly have a great grasp on the subtleties of teaching runners, and all of that resonates deeply with my
own beliefs and observations. As well your passion for waht you do comes across with conviction."

~ Henry Ferguson, Edmonton, Alberta ~


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